E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 90 Uzbekistan have not dealt with the import into Uzbek territory of the relics of two saints of the Russian Orthodox Church. 427. On 7 October 2004, Tashkent Province Justice Department received an application to register the Protestant Peace Church. It informed that the application contained several violations of the Regulations on processing applications to officially register religious organizations. There was no indication of when the Charter had been approved by the Organization’s General Assembly and the Charter did not list the members of the Governing Body. Moreover, in contravention of existing legislation, the executive of another religious organization had approved the Charter. As a result of these violations, the Protestant Peace Church was denied registration and was notified of this decision in writing. The relevant authorities received a second application on 12 April 2005, which was also denied due to breaches of the Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations Act. 428. On 24 December 2004 the Tashkent City Justice Department received an application from an initiative group in Tashkent’s Yakkasarai district to register the Jehovah’s Witness religious organization. The application revealed a number of serious breaches of the Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations Act and the Regulations on processing applications to officially register religious organizations. The documents had not been drafted in accordance with the regulations and other essential documents had not been enclosed. As a result, the application was denied. 429. An investigation by the competent authorities has revealed that the allegations regarding Halima Boltobayeva have no basis in fact. The Government informed that on 20 November 2004, Ms. Boltobaeva arrived at Penal Institution No.64/46 in Navoy Prison, to visit her husband who was sentenced to seven years’ deprivation of liberty by Akhunbabaev District Court on 19 November 1999. She was searched by the prison officers who found brochures and leaflets published by Hizbut-Tahrir in condensed milk jars. The material called for the destruction of the constitutional order and the overthrow of the authorities. As a result, criminal proceedings were initiated against her on 23 November 2004 and she was remanded in custody. She was subsequently convicted under Article 25, 159(1) and 72 of the Criminal Code. She was given a suspended sentence of three years’ deprivation of liberty. 430. The claim that Ms. Boltobaeva was framed by prison officers is based on questionable sources. Her guilt is evidenced by the confiscation of the literature from her possession, as confirmed by five witnesses, expert opinion and other elements of the case file. Furthermore, the case file contains no evidence of any unlawful actions on the part of the employees of the penal institution and Ms. Boltobaeva did not submit any complaints to the prosecutorial agencies during the investigation or the trial. 431. The Government informed that since independence, more than 50,000 Uzbek pilgrims have made the haj to the holy places in Saudi Arabia and roughly 35,000 have made the little pilgrimage, or Umrah. The Muslim Board of Uzbekistan and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Pilgrimage Affairs conclude bilateral agreements on